[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Question on Hospitality for judges
- From: Gsdbroon@xxxxxxx
- To: InquestGSD@xxxxxxx, SHOWGSD@xxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 21:31:02 EST
Tom & I are active members of the Orange Coast German Shepherd Dog Club and
the Santa Ana Valley Kennel Club.
Do you always pick judges up at the airport; do you arrange for a shuttle
for them; or tell them to make their own arrangement and they will be
reimbursed?
Specialty We always pick the judge up at the airport and return them there.
AB we ask them to use a Shuttle. Getting 10-20 judges to the Host Hotel
makes it impossible to meet them and transport them. We ask them to take the
shuttle after the show, also.
And the same for judges returning to the airport Do you take them to dinner
the day before the show; to breakfast the morning of the show; to dinner
after the show.
Specialty: We take them back to the airport. We take them to dinner the
night before the show, to breakfast and there is usually a post show dinner we
take them to
AB We do not entertain them the night before the Saturday show. The Host
Hotel always has a restaurant for breakfast, but we offer a 'continental'
breakfast on the showground's. We have a 'judges dinner' on Saturday night
for
the judges and the show 'committee'...who do not exhibit at the show.
Is there a problem if the person picking them up, dining them, driving them
etc is also showing at the show?
Specialty: No problem...dinning them, etc. We've known most of the judges
for a million years!!!!! We try to have someone who is not exhibiting (v&t)
do this. But sometimes we can't do it...and others have done it.
AB None of the Show Committee at our All Breed show exhibit at our show...so
there is no problem.
If you are having an after show dinner on Sat. do you invite the judge who
is judging Sunday?
Specialty: No problem with this. We have done it with no problems.
AB----They come to the dinner on Saturday night when they are judging on
Sunday.
What type of gifts to you give the judge? What gifts do judges like most?
Specialty: The most important rule.....SOMETHING THAT FITS IN THEIR CARRY
ON BAGGAGE. The stories I've heard from judges trying to leave the 7 ft
sombrero or the 5 ft ceramic GSD at the airport make us think 'small'.
AB...Have a 'judges gift bag' delivered to the hotel room. Contains:
crackers,cheese,mints,water, wine,candy, etc., and a lapel Club Judge pin.
Re: Airline reservations....does the club make them or do you ask the judge
to make them?
Specialty: We offer to make the reservations, but if the judge prefers to
do it, we reimburse them
AB. Some use 'Jack's' or other travel agencies that bill us directly and we
pay them for the judge. Most judges just present their expense report to
us.
Anything else?
AB: We send a note asking when they are coming and returning (which
airline, time flight #), information on Host Hotel and Reservation number for
them
to call to make their own reservation, ask if there is a request for specific
drinks/foods they would prefer. Advise them when they will be picked up at
the hotel and taken to the show grounds and returned there after the show.
Leave cell phone numbers. Seems to work quite well.
viv
Vivian Brown
Santa Ana, CA
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